Suggested Searches

This content has been archived.

SMAP (Soil Moisture Active Passive)

Categories

Liquid Oxygen Loading Complete

The United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket is fully fueled and ready to launch NASA’s Soil Moisture Active Passive spacecraft at 9:20 a.m. EST. The final commodity, liquid oxygen, has just been loaded into the Delta II first stage. The operation took 26 minutes, 12 seconds.